Anthropogenic food patches and association patterns of Tursiops truncatus at Lampedusa island, Italy

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 254-264

  Pace, Daniela Silvia ^a   Pulcini, Marina ^b   Triossi, Francesca ^a  

^a Oceanomare Delphis Onlus   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND RESEARCH ISPRA   (Italy)

Author keywords

aquaculture; bottlenose dolphin; feeding; Mediterranean Sea; social structure; trawling fishery; Tursiops truncatus

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DEMOGRAPHY; DOLPHIN; FEEDING; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; TRAWLING;

AGRIGENTO; ITALY; LAMPEDUSA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PELAGI ISLANDS; SICILY;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 84857567412     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arr180     Document Type: Article

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